#mezalea

[phosphorus-noodles]

GUYS I DID IT I DID A LORE.

*THROWS MEZALEAN BUTTERFLY LORE AT YOU.*

I got lazy after a while but orguhdfdkd I'm in love with this concept,,

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EDIT: someone did FANTASTIC writing with this concept (found here) and I did s'more loredumping about it afterwards (found here!) Enjoy!!

(I also have a post here about my "secret bonus stage" specifically for Joel :D)

#this took SO LONG WAH #'s okay i had fun cheers <3 #pho.posts #pho.doodles #empiresblr #empires smp #empires s1 #smallishbeans #mezalea #esmp s1 #empires joel #idk what to tag ahdahsdfjasdfsj #LORE. #butterflies.and.wind.chimes #<- this post is very much incorporated into this au <3

[m0ther-of-p3arl]

i cannot put into simple words how much i adore joel's tool and armor names

like honestly this man comes up with the funniest shit and it's so dumb but its such a JOEL thing to do my god

here are a few that have come up in my empires s1 binge

he's my favorite and so ridiculous

#joel smallishbeans #empires smp #empires s1 #empires smp s1 #empiressmp s1 #empiressmp #empires #empires joel #empires s1 joel #the mezalean king #mezalea #the mad king #king joel of mezalea #my favorite is “diamond hoe? more like diamond NO more leaves haha” it's just such a joel thing to say

[hiding-under-the-willow]

You say

"Lend me your eyes to evolve from that actor I fight in the dark,

where I'm two twins I can't tell apart!"

But you remember which is which when the wrong man wins

Let me just say the implications of Joel's last episode are driving me insane

#atlas.art #artists on tumblr #mcyt #empires season 2 #empires fanart #empires smp #joel smallishbeans #smallishbeans #joel empires #mezalea

[lemonberry-conda]

Mezalean Cleo and Cod Empire Grian because I've lost my marbles completely.

#hermitcraft #empires s1 #empires smp #esmp s1 #zombie cleo #grian #hc x empires #conda draws #empires smp season 1 #mezalea #cod empire

[cynthrey]

I know this was a joke and im reading to deep into it but im wondering how are mezalean wedding ceremonies. When joel married lizzie and joey said the vows joel's answer "within reason" and lizzie had to remind him he has to say "i do"

What if in mezalean culture you dont say "i do", what if you are meant to answer with sincerity to your spouse's vows, like you know your limits and wont sell them on a false promise no matter how much you love them

Idk I just had a brainworm and had to say something

#empires smp #empires s1 #mezalea

[1captainjordan4]

My piece for the empires zine loved loved Joel and the Mezalea kingdom so i just to focus on that

#Empires #EmpiresSMP #smallishbeans #joel #empires joel #my art #lat #mcyt #empires fanart #Mezalea

[silverskye13]

Do people know how hard it is to survive the apocalypse? No really, do they? Because Joel really, really rather thinks they don't.

"The Mezalian King is dead guys," he says to nothing in particular. The universe. The sky. Everything. "Get over it."

It was the apocalypse. The world ended, and also his heart was broken, and he lost everything. The Mezalian King, that is. He lost all that. Joel didn’t.

Do people know how hard it is to survive that, though? All the empires fell, everyone died, the end. That's how the apocalypse works. The oceans dried. The fields burned. People escaped, or they didn't. It was the end of the world.

Do people realize?

It's hard to survive the end of the world. It takes a lot of effort. You’re starting from nothing. Less than nothing, really. The sky falls on your head and you dig your way out of it just to realize, wait, everything’s gone? A lot more people die in the aftermath than the explosion. A meteor falling only strikes a single town. The shock wave shakes the earth for a few miles out of it. But that’s not all the damage it does, is it? What happens to everyone who relied on that town for trade goods? You can’t gather food, idiot, the one city that wove good baskets and made good tools is gone! That river you fished in has been so diverted by the mudslide from the shock wave, it doesn’t even give you water anymore.

(This is a metaphor. The end of the world wasn’t a meteor. It was two friends finally admitting they were friends. The effect was the same, though, in the end. Now there are no friends, because everyone is dead. Or gone. Or wish they were. Anyway, back to the metaphor.)

All the water is gone. Now you’re walking ten, twenty, thirty miles to find some in the low places of the world. What happens to all the people who can’t walk, climb, delve? What happens to all the people that can? Surrounded by monsters, and other desperate people willing to do anything to save their own, and you’re not their own anymore. What happens to the King, looking out at his shore, wondering how he’s going to provide for an entire blooming desert when water has decided because of some stupid prophesy it doesn’t exist anymore? He tries his best to rule, but he has nothing. You can’t give someone gold to heal a wound. There’s no apples to guild, all the trees are dead. Terracotta does a great job of getting in your eyes, your mouth, your blood, and stinging everything when it’s crushed to powder. All those alliances you made to fill the gaps your country couldn’t, well, they’re gone. Even the clothes off your back can only go so far.

It takes a lot to survive the end of the world. You rally your people. You inspire them with your stubborn grit, your insistence the world isn’t ending because you’re here! Obviously if we were all going to die, we’d be dead. Plot armor. He’s the Mezalian King. He doesn’t die, and if he does, he comes back. He comes back again and again. Don’t worry I don’t need food, I can, in fact, starve. I don’t need water. I can thirst. I don’t need medicine. I don’t need anything. Give it to someone else. Please, please, give it to someone else.

Can’t you see I’m fine? Take care of your bloomin’ self for goodness sake!

That’s... probably what the Mezalian King said. Joel wouldn’t know. He’s not him.

Anyway it doesn’t matter. The Mezalian King is dead. His heart was broken. His kingdom was in ruins. The world ended. He begged his people to stand together, to care for each other, to walk and keep walking. They fled their burning world to other Empires in similar shambles. They walked. They kept walking. They talked about their King who couldn’t die. How could he? if he died, they wouldn’t be a kingdom anymore. They wouldn’t be a people. So he’s alive. He’s walking with them. He’s insisting they keep moving. Fetch water. Make food. Build shelter. Live. Survive. Thrive.

He’s not a King anymore. He’s an idea. The King is wrathful. If you don’t pull your weight, he will haunt you. The King is sacrificial. We have plenty because he refuses to eat. The King’s heart is broken, so his people aren’t. The Mezalian King is dead. But he’s still here. They build statues of what he looked like, and those fall to dust. They build houses in colors as close to terracotta as they can. Those fall to dust as well. They don’t call themselves Mezalian anymore, but they remember him. It’s been years. Decades. Centuries. Eons. The world is unrecognizable. It’s gods, however, are.

"The Mezalian King is dead guys," Joel, a god of sky and thunder, says to nothing in particular. The universe. The sky. Everything. "Get over it."

It takes a lot to survive the end of the world.

#the barking writer #EmpiresSMP #empires s2 #smallishbeans #joel smallishbeans #mezalea #Sometimes one of the 80 ccs you watch says something that hits you like a meteor to the face

[the-moon-will-sing-a-song]

The King of the Mesa

#smallishbeans #joel smallishbeans #empires smp #empires s1 #mezalea #It's Art-abella #i will never be over this guy

[birddcandle]

Empires ZombieCleo!! ClayCleo? Clayeo? Yeah sure

Once again for @shepscapades ‘s Hermitcraft Character Design Event!! Some notes about the design and idea in general under the cut :0

I thought that Cleo would fit the Mezalean Empire very well since it is pretty much canon that Joel made all of his citizens through armour stands or clay, so I figured Cleo could be an armour stand maker/clay sculptor!!

There are also two versions of their design based on two ideas:

Cleo’s regular zombie skin is where she travels to Mezalea by request of the Mezalean King (and maybe some recommendation from a certain blue-haired man), and they are able to use their skills to help create new citizens for Joel

Cleo’s secondary design comes from an idea I had where they are one of the first citizens of Mezalea created by Joel, but since they were one of the first, she is sculpted from various colours found and created from the clay in the mesa

It is also possible that she was sculpted from one colour but they kept cracking, so she or Joel repaired her using different colours they had on hand

They also have green eyes for their regular zombie skin because that is just. Her regular skin, but she has brown eyes for her clay version since she was sculpted by Joel and in his image!! Every citizen sculpted by Joel has brown eyes and probably looks a whole lot like Joel lol

#shepshermitdesign23 #my art #zombiecleo #zombiecleo fanart #hermitcraft #hermitcraft fanart #empires s1 #mezalea #I actually really love how this turned out #I need to rewatch Joel’s Empires S1 and this just made me want to watch it again More #Also I’m trying to work on my same face syndrome through the Hermits and Empires people so if people look a little different ignore that /l #thought they would fit in here too since she already has experience with short kings (literally in this case) #also they have an azalea flower in their hair!! since I draw her with flowers and leaves in her hair typically

[froggiesir]

(she asked for extra pickles)

#I MISS THEM. #mcyt #ldshadowlady #empires s1 #empires smp #empires season one #empires lizzie #ocean queen lizie #queen lizzie #ldshadowlady fanart #empires smp fanart #king joel #mezalea #king joel of mezalea #empires joel #smallishbeans fanart #smallishbeans #jizzie #lol #shadowbeans #fanart #froggiesir art

[aerie-stims]

The Mezalean Mother Tree

🌸 🦋 🌸 | 🦋 🌸 🦋 | 🌸 🦋 🌸

#aerie boards #empiresweek #empires smp #empires s1 #empires joel #mezalea #trees #bug #bugs #moth #moths #luna moth #spanish moth #moss #statues #brushing #flowers #purple #white #green #orange #brown #mcyt board #stimboard #stimblr

[midnight-nightrose]

King of Mezalea

#joel #smallishbeans #empires smp #empires s1 #empires joel #my art #myart #King of mezalea #mezalea

[ashinthetrashh]

found some old art, this is what i said about joel.

#smallishbeans #mezalea #esmp #empires smp #esmp s1 #joel smallishbeans #empires s1

[minecraftbookshelf]

How To Become King of Mezalea

@sleepingjasminetea has once again spoken as the external executive function so!

How succession works in Mezalea.

Also a general note relevant to the succession criteria of the majority of the empires. Remember this whole thing, where Pix kind of accidentally changed the formal definition of war in the empires? That had a lot of implications for how royalty functioned in the Empires. While they still absolutely have internal duties and responsibilities and privileges, ultimately their most important job is that they stand ready to defend their empire and its people at all times. Part of this is that they also function as international ambassadors in a way, while most empires also have official ambassadors, the relationships and interactions between the emperors themselves are a very important (sometimes volatile) facet of international relations. A country cannot be recognized internationally as an autonomous nation without an official Emperor/Head of State.

Mezalea is a mortal realm, with a mixed human and hybrid population.

Like Mythland, they have a single royal family. However the exact succession traditions vary significantly from Mythland.

To ascend to the Mezalean throne, rather than completing a designated quest, the heir to the throne must defeat the reigning monarch in single combat.

This duel is an annual event, held before the entire court and a not insignificant portion of the general populace, with a great deal of ritual attached to it.

Technically any member of the royal family can challenge, once they have passed through the Mother Tree (the Mezalean coming-of-age ritual, more on that another time) but historically it was only the acknowledged heir to the throne who actually did so. This was usually the oldest child of the reigning monarch, but not always, if that individual did not consider themselves capable or was otherwise deemed unsuitable for the role the next in line would hold the title of heir, and so forth.

While this is a ceremony and a ritual, it is also very much a genuine combat, in which both parties give their all. Once the reigning monarch has been defeated, the new king or queen is crowned and Sleeps Beneath the Mother Tree, bonding with the tree and the Mezalean people, and their rule begins, usually with their defeated parent/grandparent/aunt/uncle/relative remaining in an advisory capacity for at least a few years.

Now.

Joel.

Joel is a bit of an unusual situation that has thrown a bit of a spanner in the works.

Joel was not intended to be the king, with two older siblings who both had children, even before he got married off to the Ocean Queen. His mother had multiple heirs waiting in the wings.

And then about a century and a bit after he and Lizzie settled into their relationship, a plague hit Mezalea.

The majority of the royal family was completely wiped out, along with far too many of the people. There were survivors, but they were mostly non-combatant adults and children. No one suitable to take the throne. So Joel, who had gone back to Mezalea to help during the sickness, took the throne, proving himself against the greatest soldier left alive in the Mezalean army, since none of his own family remained for the challenge.

His niece had been queen, succeeding her father, his brother, who had succeeded Joel's mother. And her only child, a toddler, had survived, though the illness had left them with damaged health. And several of Joel's grand-nieces and nephews survived in varying levels of fighting fit, though none of them were more than fifteen years old.

So the idea was that Joel would be king for five or ten years, until one of his grand-niblings was able to defeat him. Several of them showed promise, so although they decided not to name an official heir at that time, everyone had high hopes.

And then...Joel just...never got defeated.

It's been a few hundred years now.

It's getting mildly awkward.

He's not physically aging, so he's still in the full strength of what appears to be his late twenties/early thirties, while just getting older and more skilled as time goes by.

He's done amazing things for Mezalean infrastructure and international relations though, so its clearly working out. And as much as he adores his wife and did enjoy parts of being a trophy husband (once it transitioned to that from war prize) it was genuinely pretty boring so it's nice having a full-time job again.

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AU Masterpost

#mezalea #smallishbeans #rain rambles #marriage of state au

[dead-sp1der]

The headcanon that Jimmy is living in what used to be Mezalea is living in my head rent free, it has consumed my brain

Just, the thought that if he dug down far enough he would find remnants of a big colourful castle

#empires smp #jimmy solidarity #mezalea #tumble town

[occasonal-empires-doodles]

The Matral Palace

☆》 12 《☆

#empires smp #empires smp fanart #empires s1 #joel smallishbeans #mezalea